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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Pleurophyllum Hook.f.

PLEUROPHYLLUM Hook. f., 1844

Capitula large, in racemes; receptacle flat, alveolate; phyll. herbaceous, in 2-3 series. Ray-florets pistillate, ligulate; disk-florets narrow tubular-campanulate, perfect, segs recurved. Anther-cells shortly and bluntly produced at base; style-arms flattened, with lanceolate unreceptive tips. Achenes compressed, striate, setose. Pappus of rigid unequal scabrid hairs. Robust perennial herbs closely allied to Celmisia. Genus endemic to the Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Macquarie Is.

Key

1
Lvs completely covered on both surfaces with silvery appressed tomentum
3. hookeri
Lvs not as above
2
2
Lvs coriac., sessile or subsessile by broad base; ray-florets very conspicuous
1. speciosum
Lvs submembr., distinctly petioled; ray-florets inconspicuous
2. criniferum
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